Misinformation and distrust: behind Bolivia’s low Covid vaccination rates
by Thomas Graham in La Paz from on (#5VV6X)
About half the country's population is yet to receive a single dose of vaccine, despite availability
In a vaccination centre in El Alto, Bolivia, the staff bagged up in protective gear far outnumbered the few people sitting in plastic chairs waiting for their injection. A young doctor reeled off a list of all the vaccines available: Sinopharm, Sputnik, Pfizer, Moderna. What's lacking is demand. They see 100 people on a good day.
South America, once the region most afflicted by the pandemic, is now the most vaccinated in the world. But this turnaround doesn't extend to Bolivia, where roughly half the population is yet to receive a single dose - even though the state has had all the vaccines it needs since October.
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